Tag: First Aid

Cockburn schools take part in Restart a Heart Day

All Year 8 students from Cockburn School and Cockburn John Charles Academy learned CPR for Restart a Heart Day on 16 October. Yorkshire Ambulance Service marked the 10-year anniversary of Restart a Heart Day with events designed to improve cardiac arrest survival rates – including providing CPR training sessions to

Free first aid courses for parents and carers

Would you know what to do in an emergency? Free first aid training sessions are being made available at local children’s centres by the NHS Leeds South & East CCG. Parents and carers are encouraged to learn vital practical skills and knowledge. Topics covered will include: child and baby CPR,

Middleton Community First Responders

Meet the people who volunteer their spare time to help save lives. The Community First Responders (CFR) scheme is a life-saving partnership between the Yorkshire Ambulance Service and authorised volunteers. In total, the Yorkshire Ambulance Service has over 1000 volunteer CFRs in 200 schemes across its entire area. The scheme

Free Baby First Aid course in Middleton

If your baby had a medical emergency would you know what to do? The NHS are running a three week course for parents and carers at the St George’s Centre in Middleton.Topics will cover child and baby CPR, choking treatment, bumps and bruises, burns, poisons, rashes, meningitis and more. The